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highest peaks are about 4000 feet above tide. The Shawangunk 

 mountain, a high and continuous ridge which extends through 

 Sullivan and Orange counties and the south part of Ulster, is the 

 extreme easterly range of this series. The Helderberg mountains 

 are foothills extending north from the main range into Albany 

 and Schoharie counties. The streams rising in the Catskill moun- 

 tains flow in all directions— Schoharie creek north to the 

 Mohawk; Kondout creek easterly to the Hudson, and the head- 

 waters of Delaware river southwesterly to that stream. 



The most easterly mountain range enters the State from New 

 Jersey, and extending northeast through Eockland and Orange 

 counties to the Hudson, appears on the east side of that river, 

 forming the Highlands of Putnam and Dutchess counties. The 

 northerly extension of this range passes into the Green mountains 

 of western Massachusetts and Vermont. The highest peaks of 

 this range in New York culminate in the Highlands upon the 

 Hudson where there are points from 1000 to about 1700 feet 

 above tide. The Wallkill river, the principal stream of this divi- 

 sion, lies in a deep valley to the west of the main range and 

 between it and the Shawangunk mountain. 



We have referred to the main Adirondack mountain range as 

 beginning near Little Falls on the Mohawk river and extending 

 northeasterly to Lake Champlain. There are a number of other 

 well-defined mountain ranges in the northeastern part of the State, 

 all of which are included under the general term of Adirondack 

 mountains, and which require notice in detail. The Adirondack 

 range proper crosses Herkimer, Hamilton and Essex counties and 

 terminates near Port Kent on Lake Champlain. It is about 100 

 miles in length and may be considered the backbone of the Adiron- 

 dack mountain group, its ridge line dividing the waters of the 

 St Lawrence from those of the Hudson river and Lake Champlain. 

 Mount Marcy, rising to a night of 5430 feet, is the principal 

 peak of this range, while Mclntyre, Haystack and Skylight, each 

 over 5000 feet in hight, are also in this chain. 



Next to the main Adirondack range to the eastward is the 

 Bouquet range, beginning on the south in the vicinity of East 



